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  • Lot 15010

    Beschreibung:
    Libertas Americana Medal, MS64 Brown Betts-615, Original Dies Famous Symbol of American LibertyIt is safe to say that most British loyalists were not pleased by either the design or the intent of Benjamin Franklin's Libertas Americana medal, which extolled the role France played in the American War of Independence while chiding the British for their humiliating defeats at Yorktown and Saratoga. There was no mistaking the symbolic imagery of Minerva (France) protecting the infant Hercules (America) from a rampaging lion (England), while the precocious infant strangled a pair of serpents (Burgoyne and Cornwallis). Meanwhile, dignitaries in France and America could not have been more delighted with the message and the impressive artistry of the medal. Based on a sketch by Esprit-Antoine Gibelin and engraved by Augustin Dupr�, the medal was struck at the Paris Mint circa 1781. Page 102 of the 2019 Guide Book estimates that no more than 100 to 125 original bronze medals survive, plus two dozen or slightly more silver pieces. This near-Gem bronze example exhibits even, chocolate-brown surfaces with nearly unmarked, well-preserved, and partially reflective surfaces. A small die defect at the border below the 4 in the date of the obverse exergue confirms this piece as an original strike. Traces of die rust, as struck, are diagnostic of the original medals. The Libertas Americana medal ranks #1 by a wide margin in Jaeger and Bowers' 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15010 (realized $36000). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11794

  • Lot 15010

    Beschreibung:
    Libertas Americana Medal, MS64 Brown Betts-615, Original Dies Famous Symbol of American LibertyIt is safe to say that most British loyalists were not pleased by either the design or the intent of Benjamin Franklin's Libertas Americana medal, which extolled the role France played in the American War of Independence while chiding the British for their humiliating defeats at Yorktown and Saratoga. There was no mistaking the symbolic imagery of Minerva (France) protecting the infant Hercules (America) from a rampaging lion (England), while the precocious infant strangled a pair of serpents (Burgoyne and Cornwallis). Meanwhile, dignitaries in France and America could not have been more delighted with the message and the impressive artistry of the medal. Based on a sketch by Esprit-Antoine Gibelin and engraved by Augustin Dupr�, the medal was struck at the Paris Mint circa 1781. Page 102 of the 2019 Guide Book estimates that no more than 100 to 125 original bronze medals survive, plus two dozen or slightly more silver pieces. This near-Gem bronze example exhibits even, chocolate-brown surfaces with nearly unmarked, well-preserved, and partially reflective surfaces. A small die defect at the border below the 4 in the date of the obverse exergue confirms this piece as an original strike. Traces of die rust, as struck, are diagnostic of the original medals. The Libertas Americana medal ranks #1 by a wide margin in Jaeger and Bowers' 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15010 (realized $36000). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11794

  • Lot 15009

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Half Dollar, XF45 Without Visible Undertype Rare Plain Edge Silver Variety35.2 x 34.2 mm., 190.3 grains. George Fuld's accounting of silver Getz pattern half dollars in The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz enumerated just 22 examples of all variants. Those variants include five examples with a Circles and Squares edge, all showing undertype; three examples with the intertwined olive leaves edge and one with a lettered edge, also all showing undertype; four examples with a plain edge that show undertype; and nine examples with a plain edge that have no evidence of undertype, including the piece offered here that Fuld recorded as number four in his list. Seven of the 22 silver Getz pattern half dollars are held in museum collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, an Austrian museum, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the Durham Western Heritage Museum, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Although 13 of the 22 examples are overstruck, showing traces of undertype, it is probably the case that all silver examples were struck over some sort of existing silver coin. The absence of visible die rust on the reverse evidences an early striking. The weight of the Newman specimen is similar to early French half ecus struck before 1726. This pewter-gray example has dappled navy and gold toning on the obverse, and delicate gold and ivory toning on the reverse. The obverse has nearly complete border details, absent only from 11 to 1 o'clock. Reverse border dentils are present from 11 to 4 o'clock. This is an extremely important opportunity to acquire one of the rare Getz pattern half dollars struck in silver. This piece was exhibited at the 1914 American Numismatic Society's Exhibition of U.S. and Colonial Coins. Ex: Carl Wurtzbach; Virgil Brand; "Col." E.H.R. Green; B.G. Johnson and Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15009 (realized $144000). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11743

  • Lot 15009

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Half Dollar, XF45 Without Visible Undertype Rare Plain Edge Silver Variety35.2 x 34.2 mm., 190.3 grains. George Fuld's accounting of silver Getz pattern half dollars in The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz enumerated just 22 examples of all variants. Those variants include five examples with a Circles and Squares edge, all showing undertype; three examples with the intertwined olive leaves edge and one with a lettered edge, also all showing undertype; four examples with a plain edge that show undertype; and nine examples with a plain edge that have no evidence of undertype, including the piece offered here that Fuld recorded as number four in his list. Seven of the 22 silver Getz pattern half dollars are held in museum collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, an Austrian museum, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the Durham Western Heritage Museum, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Although 13 of the 22 examples are overstruck, showing traces of undertype, it is probably the case that all silver examples were struck over some sort of existing silver coin. The absence of visible die rust on the reverse evidences an early striking. The weight of the Newman specimen is similar to early French half ecus struck before 1726. This pewter-gray example has dappled navy and gold toning on the obverse, and delicate gold and ivory toning on the reverse. The obverse has nearly complete border details, absent only from 11 to 1 o'clock. Reverse border dentils are present from 11 to 4 o'clock. This is an extremely important opportunity to acquire one of the rare Getz pattern half dollars struck in silver. This piece was exhibited at the 1914 American Numismatic Society's Exhibition of U.S. and Colonial Coins. Ex: Carl Wurtzbach; Virgil Brand; "Col." E.H.R. Green; B.G. Johnson and Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15009 (realized $144000). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11743

  • Lot 15008

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Cent, XF Details Rare Circles and Squares Edge Variety Baker-25D, Musante GW-2235.8 mm., 1832.2 grains. The majority of Getz coppers known today have a plain edge. In The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz, the late George Fuld enumerated 55 examples known to him in copper. Of those, he discussed 10 examples with the Circles and Squares edge as seen here, 42 examples with a plain edge, and four with the edge type unknown. The present piece is an 11th example with the ornamental edge, incorrectly recorded in the Fuld reference as a Plain Edge example. Five of the 11 known examples are in permanent museum collections, reducing the available population to just six other coins. Museum specimens are held in the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The present piece is recorded as number 27 in Fuld's accounting. This rich chocolate-brown example has pleasing surfaces showing handling marks and old scratches that are consistent with the grade and the age. Trivial edge marks appear over the H and N in WASHINGTON, and a slight flattening of the edge is noted over the D in PRESIDENT. Slight weakening of the lower edge of Washington's bust suggests that the obverse die may have been lapped. The reverse depicts the usual die bulge at the shield. Unlike many others, the milling is complete around the obverse and reverse borders on this large-diameter example. Ex: New Netherlands Coin Company (privately, 11/13/1961); Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15008 (realized $20400). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11741

  • Lot 15008

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Cent, XF Details Rare Circles and Squares Edge Variety Baker-25D, Musante GW-2235.8 mm., 1832.2 grains. The majority of Getz coppers known today have a plain edge. In The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz, the late George Fuld enumerated 55 examples known to him in copper. Of those, he discussed 10 examples with the Circles and Squares edge as seen here, 42 examples with a plain edge, and four with the edge type unknown. The present piece is an 11th example with the ornamental edge, incorrectly recorded in the Fuld reference as a Plain Edge example. Five of the 11 known examples are in permanent museum collections, reducing the available population to just six other coins. Museum specimens are held in the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The present piece is recorded as number 27 in Fuld's accounting. This rich chocolate-brown example has pleasing surfaces showing handling marks and old scratches that are consistent with the grade and the age. Trivial edge marks appear over the H and N in WASHINGTON, and a slight flattening of the edge is noted over the D in PRESIDENT. Slight weakening of the lower edge of Washington's bust suggests that the obverse die may have been lapped. The reverse depicts the usual die bulge at the shield. Unlike many others, the milling is complete around the obverse and reverse borders on this large-diameter example. Ex: New Netherlands Coin Company (privately, 11/13/1961); Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15008 (realized $20400). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11741

  • Lot 15008

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Cent, XF Details Rare Circles and Squares Edge Variety Baker-25D, Musante GW-2235.8 mm., 1832.2 grains. The majority of Getz coppers known today have a plain edge. In The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz, the late George Fuld enumerated 55 examples known to him in copper. Of those, he discussed 10 examples with the Circles and Squares edge as seen here, 42 examples with a plain edge, and four with the edge type unknown. The present piece is an 11th example with the ornamental edge, incorrectly recorded in the Fuld reference as a Plain Edge example. Five of the 11 known examples are in permanent museum collections, reducing the available population to just six other coins. Museum specimens are held in the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The present piece is recorded as number 27 in Fuld's accounting. This rich chocolate-brown example has pleasing surfaces showing handling marks and old scratches that are consistent with the grade and the age. Trivial edge marks appear over the H and N in WASHINGTON, and a slight flattening of the edge is noted over the D in PRESIDENT. Slight weakening of the lower edge of Washington's bust suggests that the obverse die may have been lapped. The reverse depicts the usual die bulge at the shield. Unlike many others, the milling is complete around the obverse and reverse borders on this large-diameter example. Ex: New Netherlands Coin Company (privately, 11/13/1961); Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15008 (realized $20400). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11741

  • Lot 15008

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Cent, XF Details Rare Circles and Squares Edge Variety Baker-25D, Musante GW-2235.8 mm., 1832.2 grains. The majority of Getz coppers known today have a plain edge. In The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz, the late George Fuld enumerated 55 examples known to him in copper. Of those, he discussed 10 examples with the Circles and Squares edge as seen here, 42 examples with a plain edge, and four with the edge type unknown. The present piece is an 11th example with the ornamental edge, incorrectly recorded in the Fuld reference as a Plain Edge example. Five of the 11 known examples are in permanent museum collections, reducing the available population to just six other coins. Museum specimens are held in the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The present piece is recorded as number 27 in Fuld's accounting. This rich chocolate-brown example has pleasing surfaces showing handling marks and old scratches that are consistent with the grade and the age. Trivial edge marks appear over the H and N in WASHINGTON, and a slight flattening of the edge is noted over the D in PRESIDENT. Slight weakening of the lower edge of Washington's bust suggests that the obverse die may have been lapped. The reverse depicts the usual die bulge at the shield. Unlike many others, the milling is complete around the obverse and reverse borders on this large-diameter example. Ex: New Netherlands Coin Company (privately, 11/13/1961); Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15008 (realized $20400). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11741

  • Lot 15008

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Cent, XF Details Rare Circles and Squares Edge Variety Baker-25D, Musante GW-2235.8 mm., 1832.2 grains. The majority of Getz coppers known today have a plain edge. In The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz, the late George Fuld enumerated 55 examples known to him in copper. Of those, he discussed 10 examples with the Circles and Squares edge as seen here, 42 examples with a plain edge, and four with the edge type unknown. The present piece is an 11th example with the ornamental edge, incorrectly recorded in the Fuld reference as a Plain Edge example. Five of the 11 known examples are in permanent museum collections, reducing the available population to just six other coins. Museum specimens are held in the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The present piece is recorded as number 27 in Fuld's accounting. This rich chocolate-brown example has pleasing surfaces showing handling marks and old scratches that are consistent with the grade and the age. Trivial edge marks appear over the H and N in WASHINGTON, and a slight flattening of the edge is noted over the D in PRESIDENT. Slight weakening of the lower edge of Washington's bust suggests that the obverse die may have been lapped. The reverse depicts the usual die bulge at the shield. Unlike many others, the milling is complete around the obverse and reverse borders on this large-diameter example. Ex: New Netherlands Coin Company (privately, 11/13/1961); Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15008 (realized $20400). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11741

  • Lot 15008

    Beschreibung:
    1792 Getz Pattern Cent, XF Details Rare Circles and Squares Edge Variety Baker-25D, Musante GW-2235.8 mm., 1832.2 grains. The majority of Getz coppers known today have a plain edge. In The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz, the late George Fuld enumerated 55 examples known to him in copper. Of those, he discussed 10 examples with the Circles and Squares edge as seen here, 42 examples with a plain edge, and four with the edge type unknown. The present piece is an 11th example with the ornamental edge, incorrectly recorded in the Fuld reference as a Plain Edge example. Five of the 11 known examples are in permanent museum collections, reducing the available population to just six other coins. Museum specimens are held in the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The present piece is recorded as number 27 in Fuld's accounting. This rich chocolate-brown example has pleasing surfaces showing handling marks and old scratches that are consistent with the grade and the age. Trivial edge marks appear over the H and N in WASHINGTON, and a slight flattening of the edge is noted over the D in PRESIDENT. Slight weakening of the lower edge of Washington's bust suggests that the obverse die may have been lapped. The reverse depicts the usual die bulge at the shield. Unlike many others, the milling is complete around the obverse and reverse borders on this large-diameter example. Ex: New Netherlands Coin Company (privately, 11/13/1961); Eric P. Newman; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15008 (realized $20400). Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11741